You're talking about the HTML5 <audio> tag. We're using audiolib.js, which abstracts over Mozilla's Audio Data API and Chrome's Web Audio API - both of which a

You're talking about the HTML5 <audio> tag. We're using audiolib.js, which abstracts over Mozilla's Audio Data API and Chrome's Web Audio API - both of which allow direct access to the sound device :) (And no, it's a really good question! More people should know about this stuff!)